Sick of minutes silence/applause at football matches

[Fordyboy46]

It's got to the point now where I ask my mate before a game, who's the minutes silence for today then

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I often wonder how long will rememberence day go on for.
I also wonder why the Crimean War, Boer War, Trafalgar and Waterloo battles were not included at the time? Interesting that the distance between Trafalgar and WW1 is the same (ish) as WW1 and now.
In 100 years time (assuming the planet hasn't blown itself up) will anyone care about wars in the 20th century?

Almost certainly not.

We were all alive when people were still alive who fought in the Great War.

Kids these days are born in a time now where nobody who fought in that war is still alive. Once we get to the same stage with WW2, I think Remembrance may disappear.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Almost certainly not.

We were all alive when people were still alive who fought in the Great War.

Kids these days are born in a time now where nobody who fought in that war is still alive. Once we get to the same stage with WW2, I think Remembrance may disappear.

I'm not sure it will disappear but it will change in character without the vets of ww2. Seeing those old boys at the cenotaph and not that long ago the last ww1 vets made it very real I think. Without them, younger generations may just seem remembrance as a 'story' like Xmas etc.

 

[Stephen230]

Never really thought about it before but we must be fast approaching the day where nobody alive under 100 years old fought in WW2. Probably by the end of this decade. Don’t suppose we’ll ever know for sure due to children being unofficially allowed to sign up.

Won’t be long after that when nobody alive has ever known anyone who was involved.

Not sure if that’s a good or sad thing.

 

[urban genie]

You could argue the seven years war was the first real world war, but as multinational wars were common from then on with waring European nations and proxy conflicts in the colonies each was forgotten because of the next and were largely forgot about as each century passed it will probably be the same for WWI and WWII by the year 2123

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

I'm not sure it will disappear but it will change in character without the vets of ww2. Seeing those old boys at the cenotaph and not that long ago the last ww1 vets made it very real I think. Without them, younger generations may just seem remembrance as a 'story' like Xmas etc.

That’s what worries me about the Holocaust. Very few survivors left now and the further away we are, the more people will forget.

 

[Keeper!]

Almost certainly not.

We were all alive when people were still alive who fought in the Great War.

Kids these days are born in a time now where nobody who fought in that war is still alive. Once we get to the same stage with WW2, I think Remembrance may disappear.

"Kids these days are born in a time now where nobody who fought in that war is still alive. Once we get to the same stage with WW2, I think Remembrance may disappear."

Disagree there, remembrance day is as strong as ever and so it should be, kids should be taught about the major wars so they can learn why they are now "free" and the sacrifices that were made to allow them that privilege.

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

WW2 was different because Hitler’s regime was a direct threat to us. He was planning on expanding his Third Reich across Europe. Not to mention the threat to Jews.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

The OP must be going berserk at that moment’s applause for John Motson tonight.

 

[stonerblue]

The OP must be going berserk at that moment’s applause for John Motson tonight.

only the 5th time this week..